#Woody Goss

[handtowel-hoarder]

wody

[mathpumamusic]

28-2-2024

[Carling & Will] "Carling & Will" : Music to nourish the primordial part of the soul. [Nate Smith] "Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere" : The opener is an insane banger, but it definitely got me geared for a different type of album than the rest of the songs ended up being. [Squarepusher] "Hello Everything" : I thought this album was gonna be restrained, but lo and behold, he got out the dental drill before it was over. [Woody Goss] "Rainbow Beach" : Super beautiful, I crave sunlight. [Moon Tooth] "Photoproph" : Much more refined sound, although I can't decide yet if I like the writing on this one as much as on their previous albums. [The Octopus Project] "Hexadecagon" : Just like with the earlier Nate Smith album, the opener got me geared up for a high intensity album, but the following songs were much calmer. [Arch Echo] "You Won't Believe What Happens Next!" : It's good mood metal, metal which puts you in a good mood. [zabutom] "Zeta Force" : All good listens, but the tracks are more standalone than some of zabutom's later work. [Aphex Twin] "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" : Lots of great listens, but I think his style hits harder when the juxtaposition between songs is more pronounced.

[nightbynightfly]

An Album a Day 2024: Day 45

Feb. 14, 2024

Woody Goss - High Loon! (2023)

Funk, Soul, Instrumental

[mhyphendash]

🎵 Scoops

💿 High Loon!

👤 Woody Goss

🔗 Apple Music / Spotify

[ohshootradio]

VULFPECK /// LAX (feat. Joey Dosik)

[gloomth-and-wanderings]

it's a common reaction

[sanctaignorantia]

I come to bring a compilation of information and yes all at once. The things here I took from old interviews so a lot could have changed throughout Luke's life (or not hehe) and other things are just my conclusions without confirmation (based on my searches on the internet).

Luke is a fun and intelligent person, a nerd full of charisma and style, loaded with the best British style he could have, a cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other, a smile and beautiful hazel eyes.

I hope you enjoy it because there are things about him that make me smile. :)

-> Luke Brandon Field (Luke Shoefield) was born on March 21, 1988 in Paddington which is a region in the City of Westminster, London, England.

-> His height is 1,83 m

-> He currently lives alone in an apartment in Los Angeles.

-> He is the son of Gary Shoefield and (probably and without confirmation) of Sharon Lorraine Price.

-> Luke is from a Jewish family. He grew up in a relatively Jewish neighborhood.

Here are some links about him:

IMDb | United Agents

Facebook 1 | 2

Twitter | Instagram | Spotify

-> Luke has as friends Daniel Sharman, Ian Bohen, Taika Waititi, Pamela Francesca and among others that I wouldn't know how to name, but to know more just visit his instagram. On his facebook there are very old and funny photos from the time when he studied. On instagram there are several pictures of him with his friends, his father and work. He was always fun and funny.

-> His name Luke is after Luke Goss, member of the English boyband Bros.

-> Luke's taste in music was influenced by his father from an early age, he was a fan of Glam Rock, Punk Rock and 70's Pop.

-> He is a fan of bands and musicians like Nico, David Bowie, Elvis, The Clash, Sweet, The Strokes, Lou Reed, T. Rex and others.

-> He has a band with Camila Gray called ROGUES.

-> Luke is an Arsenal fan.

-> Luke's godfather is an actor too and influenced him.

-> His favorite drink is Canadian Club.

-> Her idols are her father (Gary Shoefield) and Oliver Reed.

-> He went to drama school in New York when he was 18-19 years old (circa 2006) and had to live independently for the first time.

-> He went to Los Angeles in 2008.

-> Became the first person in England to be accepted by UCLA to study Drama & Film.

-> His first appearance in a film was in 2006 in 'Alien Autopsy'.

-> His first starring role was in 'Where the Road Meets the Sun' (2011) and here Luke won the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Asian Film Festival.

-> He once said:

"I'd love to do a film set in the swinging 60's, a Michael Cane type role or a lower east side punk in 1970s New York. That would be fun."

-> He dreams of working one day with Woody Allen and Tom Hanks.

-> He grew up surrounded by Punk Rock, his home as a child was "two doors down where Marc Bolan lived".

Marc Bolan was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. (wikipedia) But Marc passed away in 1977 and Luke was born in 1988, but his mother was Marc's neighbor and grew up there in the 70s.

-> On the same street lived Paul McCartney.

-> At the age of 5-6 he was visited by Brian Connolly.

Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer of the British glam rock band Sweet.(wikipedia)

-> His father at that time (around 1994) was The Sweet's agent.

-> Luke's first show was when he was 6 years old with Gary Glitter and met him.

-> Luke was teased at school for being a David Bowie fan because everyone said he was too gay.

-> Luke has Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) as his favorite David Bowie album.

-> He was writing a book about Nico (originally it was going to be a screenplay).

Christa Päffgen was a German singer, songwriter, model and actress, better known by the pseudonym Nico.(wikipedia) And I couldn't find any other information about this, the interview I took this part from is 2016.

-> Luke describes Nico as "German goddess with an unusual voice".

-> When asked which song he would like played at his funeral, he replies: 'Afraid' by Nico or 'London Is The Place For Me' by Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts).

-> When asked if he would have a theme song he replies that it would be Reptilia from The Strokes.

-> He agrees that he looks like a vampire and that even people comment on it.

-> He says his reference for vampires is Bram Stoker.

-> When asked which he would prefer: Buffy or Angel, he answers Buffy. (All this part about vampires is from an interview for Muse by CLIO, where he talks about Lestat too.)

-> Luke's father worked in the entertainment business for 40 years, music, film, TV, aliens and holograms. Luke grew up with it so he frequented many studios and labels and was always on set or surrounded by notable actors or people.

-> In school he liked Shakespeare and musicals.

-> He would be a lawyer if he wasn't an actor, but he doesn't think it would suit him.

-> He returned to London after university and discovered a documentary that talked about fighting the remaining nazis that existed in London and this sparked his interest in their culture and religion. He spent a year and a half doing research and investigating, he discovered that his neighbor across the street (who was 91 years old) was part of this anti-nazi group and that even his late grandfather participated. He was greatly influenced by this story and it helped him rediscover his Jewish identity and feel comfortable with his culture.

-> Luke is not orthodox. When asked if all this helped him find a path to his religion, he replies:

"Exactly. I mean, I'm not Orthodox. But I feel peace of mind, a sense of... I've now found where I belong in some way. I'm sure it'll probably change in a year, but I feel good about it now."

-> He is the only member of his acting class from 9 years ago who managed to make a living out of it. He says:

"We've all come close, we've all been rejected. We all work hard. Nine times out of 10 you'll get losses, so it is for the thick-skinned. If you're not living, breathing, smoking it each day, it's not for you. I'm the only person in my acting class from nine years ago who makes a living out of this. If someone came to me at 16 and was like, "I want to act," I 'd be like, "Do it now. If it doesn't work out within two or three years, do something else you enjoy. Or find something to do and if you want to do it on the side, then great. Because if you put too much emphasis on it, it will hurt you."

-> Luke's father also lives in LA. Luke wants to stay close to his friends and family. He says:

"My dad lives in L.A.; he's my best friend. I step out of line, he'll tell me immediately. And I've got good friends."

And:

"I don't think I could ever get to that place because my friends, my family, are the most important, the most constant, things in my life. Apart from my football team, of course."

(when he says my football team he means Arsenal because he's a fan.)

-> Luke likes to be professional (and very responsible) when it comes to money. He says:

"As an actor, I'm a professional. As a friend, I'm a professional. I'm there to do my job. But I also need to be professional about money. Obviously you have an accountant, but you need to do your own checks and balances. Otherwise you can get into a lot of trouble."

-> Luke is a person who runs after opportunities, who creates them without waiting for them to knock on his door. He says:

"Because you can't wait for opportunities. You've got to do it yourself. Like how I found out about that story that moved me about Judaism. What did I do? I decided to do research, write and get it into the public. And I sold it to the BBC. I'm not saying it will get made or that I'll be in it, but at least I feel like I have some control over my artistic destiny, rather than waiting for a manager or an agent to tell me there's an audition next week, or I might get this role. I think it's the same in any artistic pursuit. In music, you make a song, you try and produce it, you get friends to do it, you put it up on Spotify. If you want to do advertising, you come up with several ideas, then go to the agencies and pitch them. See if you can make that difference. I don't really feel like opportunities come too often. You gotta make your own."

-> During the pandemic (in 2020) he:

read Brian Southall's Sex Pistols: 90 Days at EMI;

when asked what he was watching he replies:

"Just started The Spy on Netflix, which is very watchable. Started off in isolation watching the mandatory Love Is Blind and Tiger King, but have delved into my Criterion Collection subscription. Just finished watching Betty Blue—a masterpiece!"

*And here I open a parenthesis to talk about the day he and Assad posted about Betty Blue on instagram. Luke had already watched the film in 2020 and then became a fan. On the day in question he thanks a friend for the movie poster. Luke has a collection of posters in his apartment.

practiced 120 push-ups on a machine he successfully set up;

his hobbies (during the pandemic so I don't know if he still does) was learning to cook and learning Welsh.

-> When asked what was the best work email he received during the pandemic, he replies:

"Happy Birthday, you throw the best bday parties, this must really suck for you... hahaha."

-> Luke would like to play villains, he says:

"It's interesting that the bad guy don't think they are bad."

I hope you enjoyed this short summary of who Luke Brandon Field is and I hope from the bottom of my heart that he gets everything he ever dreamed of and deserves because he truly is an amazing person.

sources: models1 | ECFS | Please Kill Me | Muse by Clio\ 2 | PressReader | BCB CHAT EP 6

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Prompt... hmm.... darn, the only thing coming to mind is angst.... oh wait! Hb a coffee shop au? U know wut, a lil practice to warm up before i go into the non-wenclair one.

...

It was a drizzly morning in new york, only a week since Enid had moved there. They had thought there had to be a few coffee shops in the surrounding blocks, turns out there was only one.

Howya Bean, a quaint cottage core lesbian run coffee parlor doubling as a subaru dealership. The young wolf had only found it when the owners basically kidnapped them...

They had just scoped out their walk to work for any place that sold coffee and was heading home, when suddenly they were yanked by their hoodie into a dark alley.

"What the helium!?!"

"Oh really? You're getting a stranger involved now?" Says a feminine voice, hidden from view by their original assaulter.

"Bro what?!?" Enid struggles to get free or atleast get a good look at their captors.

"Yes really, you can't seem to make any sort of decision unless 'fate' intervenes. Thus, i have grabbed fate to intervene. Will you stop struggling!?" Says their current captor, throwing her towards the first voice.

"What do you want?! Please don't kill me!" It had only been a day since Enid had finally moved into her new apartment. They used to live in San Francisco, sure, but not IN the city, in the woody outskirts.

"Why would we kill you?? We just wanna know which color might look better for our website" finally getting a better look at the two, Enid makes the observation that the one whom grabbed her off the street has a shine to her dark skin akin to a merperson, and the other has the deep red eyes of a vampire.

"Hah?" Is Enids eloquent reply to the supposed vampire.

"Bianca!! Did you really kidnap someone off the sidewalk!?" The indecisive one says, with both an impressed and confused look on her face. "Did you even ask for a name first?!"

"Well what was i supposed to do? Say "hey, can you come into this dark dingy alley to choose a background color for my website?"? No! They'd call the cops!" Bianca turns to look toward Enid, "would you have come down here if i asked you that?"

"Maybe?"

"Wait what? You would've?" The vampire(possibly) looks at her incredulously, "do you have no self preservation instincts?!"

"Yes?"

"Anyway, what color should we make our background?"

...And thats how they met them, and consequently learned of their coffee shop slash subaru dealership.

They entered the dingy exterior to reveal the most confusing shop of all time, and quickly makes their way to the cafe at the back.

"The usual diabetes please, and a chocolate croissant. Anything new with Divina?" Enid inquires with her new bestie. The hot goss was that Yoko the vampire, and Bianca the siren were actually NOT dating as Enid had at first thought, but that Yoko was enamored with Bianca's friend from nevermore. And Enid did not want to miss a single deet.

"Just the same old, same old. That'll be $8.69, though i did give her flowers yesterday" faking nonchalants, the young barista rings her up.

"OH EM GEE!! How did she react? What happened?! I need all the deets, right. Now." Jumping up and down, they grab her hands.

The door opens with a heavy creak, and a chill comes rushing in. It's the middle of summer.

"I'll tell you later, I've got another customer to tend to" motioning toward the dark presence that just entered. Enid makes a gesture like they understand and steps toward the pickup counter.

The thin, black and white filtered stranger makes their order and Enid picks their own up and goes to take a drink, and completely forgetting that it was pipping hot, burns their tongue.

"Ah! Hogh hogh hogh hogh hogh!! Yoko!! Ishe pwease, gegh shum ishe pwease!"

At the exclamations, the mysterious strangers mouth turns up the slightest bit and Enid just barely catching it forgets everything and just stands there dumbly.

Such absolute evil in that tiniest of expressions, and all Enid can do is stare, hypnotized. That is until this scary stranger notices, then it's gone.

...

Welp, that was fun. Not nearly what i thought would happen when i started writing this, they kinda did whatever they wanted there.

They/them Enid is so amazing, love them.

Needed to get the romantic coffee au out of my system. Might write more, but i have no clue what it would go like

-coffee anon

OMYGOD COFFEE ANON YOU WRITE???

I'm just kinda reeling at the coffee shop/car dealership happening like huh

How does that work 😭 either way I love the idea, thank you

Ofcourse wedneaday would be amused at Enid literally in pain, the sadist

[cottagecori]

I am a greedy little bitch so I’ll do two:

Top 3 songs that feel like lazy Sunday morning (you can do a top 5, in generous 💕)

A guilty pleasure/wack AF headcanon about Jake or Bradley or BOTH.

well my sole purpose is to fulfill the wishes of absolutely not greedy little bitches (said with love) so here you go !!

our house (specifically the demo version where you can hear them laugh) - graham nash, joni mitchell !! it's just calming and you can hear the joy in it :')

days go by - may erlewine & the woody goss band !! it has the quiet gentle vibes that lazy sunday mornings should embody

all the time in the world (acoustic version) - stephen day !! listen to his voice and just melt

coming home - leon bridges !! lazy sunday mornings to me are the epitome of coming home so it fits

real love baby - father john misty !! this list has just become so loving and domestic and i'm not mad about it at all

SAY LESS !! (i'm gonna put this under a read more for my non-tgm friends)

a jake hc for you

this man absolutely had older sisters who dressed him up however they wanted

like i mean old halloween costumes, random outfits that do not match, dance comp costumes, you get the gist

and he would let them do it because

he was outnumbered

and they promised he could choreograph whatever dance they made afterwards

there are so many videos of jake and his sisters dancing to britney, mariah, backstreet boys, etc

(jake makes the mistake of telling this to bob who takes it upon himself to befriend jake's sisters to get the videos to give to phoenix as a birthday present)

he's also a terrible dancer but somehow these dances weren't awful (by childhood dancing standards)

you know that one video of a dancing ryan gosling?

like that but 50% worse (same amount of charisma though)

but he cannot dance as an adult

like line dancing, sure

but any other dancing??

he has to be either plastered or in love with the person making him dance (thank you fgcc for filling my brain with that one <3)

[lokiedokiee]

the way i listen to this every day

i would like some vulfpeck friends pls and thank you

[superchat]

VULFPECK's WOODY GOSS | Keyscape Sessions

[therecordconnection]

Ranting and Raving: "New Guru" by Vulfpeck

Did you ever hear the one about the eight guys that walked into a sauna all wearing silly red hats? So, these eight guys all walk into a sauna and then they start playing funk music...

That's the closest thing to a punchline that I've got.

If you're unfamiliar with Vulfpeck, let me catch you up to speed real fast. They're a funk outfit founded in 2011 by multi-instrumentalists Jack Stratton and Theo Katzman, keyboardist Woody Goss, and bassist Joe Dart. They had a meteoric rise through their impressive musicianship, humor, and cleverly shot and edited music videos on Youtube, most of which are just captured performances of the band playing their songs in what looks like your grandmother's living room (see: their video for the song "Dean Town".) Over the years, they've added to their roster with guitarist Cory Wong (not to be confused with the Vulfpeck song "Cory Wong") alto sax player Joey Dosik, and sometimes lead singer Antwaun Stanley. In their time, they've released several EPs, six albums, and a live album of their sold out show at Madison Square Garden back in 2019. In short, they've been groovin' for quite a while and their status as funk masters is nothing to scoff at.

On November 25th, 2022, after a roughly two year hiatus and a slew of side projects featuring the various members, the Vulf pack finally reconvened–with the aforementioned silly hats and in a sauna of all places–and began posting videos of them playing songs that would eventually be found on their latest album, Schvitz, which was released on December 30th. They are all worth your time, but one song on the album in particular gripped me the first time I heard it and is still just as wonderful after the three-hundred and eightieth time. That song would be "New Guru."

This song has claimed the top spot for my favorite Vulfpeck song and it's the one I plan to use to introduce people to this group for the rest of time.

Contrary to what you might think, the haze you see in the video (posted above) isn't coming from the sauna. It's actually from the heat coming off the groove of this song. Everything about this just hits. It's groovy, it's funky, it's fun, it's got a bit of disco in there that makes this fun to dance to. It's got all eleven herbs and spices and even some of the ones they don't tell you about. It's tight, it's concise, it's utterly fantastic and every single member of this band once again reminds you why they're some of the best out there right now.

I think it's appropriate that this song came out when it did (December 8th) because that's around the time everybody starts seeing an onslaught of corny social media posts that talk about all the changes and possibilities and good things people are manifesting for with the start of the new year. Most of those end up being complete bunk and I'm aware of that cynical view. We make New Year resolutions we know deep down we're never going to fully commit to keeping and after about a week into January the excitement of the new year dies away and we settle back into the same old dull routine. Once more, from the top.

Then this song came along and rattled my cage. I heard this song for the first time and I threw that cynical view into the garbage bin. It was mostly based on the lyrics for this song, which are some of the best that the band has ever presented. The lyrics fit the overall themes and ideas that you find creeping around at New Years, welcome and embrace the new, throw away and reject the old and broken. "I gotta say no no (no no) / To those old clichés / I gotta say go, go (Go, go) / To this brand new way." For a song on an album that came out two days before the ball dropped, I imagine the ideas presented on the song weren't lost on the band.

But it isn't just the lyrics that are great, it never truly is. To me, a song's message becomes great when it's in the hands of a performer that can really sell it. And Vulfpeck has that with their secret weapon: the stellar vocals and dynamite performance that Antwaun Stanley delivers on this track. Stanley has been the featured vocalist on many of my favorite Vulfpeck songs ("1612" and "Funky Duck" are two good ones that showcase just how good he is) and now I get to add his work on "New Guru" to the top of that list, because I'll tell you right now, he makes this entire song really shine.

This is the closest Vulfpeck will probably ever get to taking you to church. In a strange way, the sauna robes give off the look of makeshift church choir robes and Antwuan's delivery has the feel of an uplifting song you might hear in a church service... if that church presented music that was solely devoted to the funk. To me, the bridge and the third verse is where I get that vibe the most. Here they are in full:

When there's wrinkles in your sleeves You take off your shirt and you steam it When there's dishes piled high in the sink You get out the sponge and you start cleanin' All the menial tasks distract from the fact That there's a hole in your soul like a wall has a crack You put off the repairs, pretend they're not there And you failed to address the mess 'cause you're scared So you look for a source to carry the weight To lighten the load of a soul gone astray To wake you up and get you through the day To cut through the brush, show you the way

These lyrics are a bit silly and would sound dreadfully corny if left in the wrong hands, but thankfully, they're in Antwuan's hands. He presents these words with such authenticity, such genuineness, such love and care and grace that you buy what he's selling. I did the minute I heard it. The use of something silly like putting off household chores juxtaposed with all too real feelings of facing things head on and finding fulfillment in your life just creates pure magic. It's about seeking salvation and hopefully finding it. It also explains why people would get tricked into following false leads and con artists that offer nothing of real value. Everybody wants to be shown the way and find the answer to their plights, regardless of what they might be. If "patience has left you feeling miles away" or you found out you were lied to or you found that "hope is a fugitive that's on the run," Vulfpeck offer one simple answer: "Find you a new guru."

But, if you'd rather have a comparison that has no ties to religion, Antwuan performs this song similar to the way Maurice White from Earth, Wind & Fire delivered messages tinged with spirituality. The lyrics definitely fit the kind of message Maurice would've enjoyed and hyped up, the chorus especially. Hell, the groove on the chorus is pure Earth, Wind & Fire at their funkiest. It's such an infectious earworm (which is fitting, because the track before "New Guru" on Schvitz has a song sung from the point of view of an earworm, brilliantly called "Earworm".) It's a repetitive chorus, but a damn good one nonetheless. You hear it once and you just keep singing along with it (and keep singing it long after you've heard it.) The harmonies between Antwuan, Theo Katzman (who is drumming on this one), Joey Dosik, and the song's co-writer Jacob Jefferies all blend well together and just add to that infectious quality. It fucking hits and it's just such a fun song that's so well done, plain and simple.

One final aspect that I think adds flavoring to this song is Vulfpeck's trademark humor, which is here on full display, both in the video and the song itself. The silly red hats that look like the famous cone hats from DEVO's "Whip It" video were already mentioned, but other little bits include the video choosing odd moments to zoom in on things (like the close ups of Antwuan's face about 50 seconds in, Joey singing background vocals all the way in the back at 1:14, the camera following only Antwuan's hand at 2:29, etc.) and Cory Wong and Joe Dart both sneaking in the famous riff from "Dueling Banjos," of all things, during the third verse (it's at 1:58, Cory himself has a comment on the video that just says "dueling banjos quote made the cut." Ridiculously smooth.) However, the funniest part, arguably the part that keeps me coming back, is near the tail end of the song, when Antwuan asks the band for a key change ("Come on, y'all, take it up for me") only to immediately go back on that ("My bad, bring that down, bring that down.") It's such a little thing, but it puts a smile on my face and it makes me laugh every time I listen to this song. To make it clear, this is both on the album and video. The video adds even more humor by having Antwuan give Theo a thumbs up after the band brings it down, as if they're saying to each other, "We got it back on track now."

What Vulfpeck have done on "New Guru," and Schvitz as a whole, is something special. The band has provided such a fun and feel good song that feels right for this moment in time. Ever since the 2020s started it feels like we've been living with nothing but darkness (and there's been a lot of darkness these last few years...) but the pack are back to remind us that there is still fun to be had. We can still look towards the new with bright eyes and anticipation. We can find new hope and new things get excited about that will keep us going and help us find the answers we seek.

If you were looking for something uplifting to start off 2023, it ain't gettin' much better than this. What "New Guru" provides is a wonderful lesson and a damn fun song to keep us going through continued darkness.

So say no no to those old clichés and say go go to the brand new way. May the new gurus you find in 2023 show you the way and put the light back in your soul. And above all else:

Take care of one another. It's gonna be another crazy year.

[hundyreal]

GOLD

AMC Terror Tracks: Day 4, Inspired by Other Works; Gold by Duesternis on AO3, Hodgson/Le Vesconte (Hundy)

Something New - Babe Rainbow Be Your Man - Ivan & Alyosha Paris - Elton John Mnemophobia - Brainstory Shotgun - George Ezra Love Love Love - My Morning Jacket Golden Years - David Bowie Anyway - May Erlewine, Woody Goss

Thank you @terrortracks // https://terrortracks.tumblr.com/ Gold by duesternis: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28547541 Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PalL4IB3p8mMYTMXfPP87?si=9ce065398f004ea4